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SynthesisSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Machine Learning for Multimodal Mental Health Detection: A Systematic Review of Passive Sensing Approaches.

Lin Sze Khoo, Mei Kuan Lim, Chun Yong Chong, Roisin McNaney

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Synthesis in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
51.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lin Sze KhooDepartment of Human-Centered Computing, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-4671-0262
Mei Kuan LimSchool of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya 46150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8834-9933
Chun Yong ChongSchool of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya 46150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1164-0049
Roisin McNaneyDepartment of Human-Centered Computing, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3761-296X
Monash University · AUMonash University Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As mental health (MH) disorders become increasingly prevalent, their multifaceted symptoms and comorbidities with other conditions introduce complexity to diagnosis, posing a risk of underdiagnosis. While machine learning (ML) has been explored to mitigate these challenges, we hypothesized that multiple data modalities support more comprehensive detection and that non-intrusive collection approaches better capture natural behaviors. To understand the current trends, we systematically reviewed 184 studies to assess feature extraction, feature fusion, and ML methodologies applied to detect MH disorders from passively sensed multimodal data, including audio and video recordings, social media, smartphones, and wearable devices. Our findings revealed varying correlations of modality-specific features in individualized contexts, potentially influenced by demographics and personalities. We also observed the growing adoption of neural network architectures for model-level fusion and as ML algorithms, which have demonstrated promising efficacy in handling high-dimensional features while modeling within and cross-modality relationships. This work provides future researchers with a clear taxonomy of methodological approaches to multimodal detection of MH disorders to inspire future methodological advancements. The comprehensive analysis also guides and supports future researchers in making informed decisions to select an optimal data source that aligns with specific use cases based on the MH disorder of interest.

Indexed as

Mental DisordersMental HealthAlgorithmsDecision MakingHumansMachine Learningmachine learningmental healthmultimodal detectionpassive sensingsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID38257440
PMCPMC10820860
OpenAlexW4390669464

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